Readily portable folding seat



March 4, 1958 H. E. UNDERHILL 2,825,391

' READILY PORTABLE FOLDING SEAT Filed Nov. 25, 1956 INVENTOR HORACE E.UNDERHILL ATTORNEY I V a 2,825,391

O Patented Mar.-

.READILY PORTABLE FOLDDIG SEAT Horace -E.'Underhill, Summit, Oreg. Application November 23, 195d, SeriaLNo. ,623,8 6 1 '(Cl. 155 153) This invention relates to a readily portable folding seat and has for an object to provide an improved folding ,seat which is easily carried-as needed. 4

Afurther object of this invention is to provide areadily portable folding seat includingabackand seat lniember having an improved combination hinging and handle means for the back and seat member.

A further object of this invention is-to provide a readily portable folding seat made of inexpensive ,material such as hardboard, which term includes thin plyboard, molded press board, or similar materialwhich arelight in weight, inexpensive in cost, and easy .to shape and .to secure together by the improved hinged and handle meansof this invention. v

Still a ,further object of this invention is to provide a readily portable seat that is lightweight and easy to parry ,for use hen nee e u h a spo e en P ticu r y where the usual seat provided may be merely a bench Without ny c res {the p r b a o x h sz nvent on being s y ca i d n th an y h c. mb nat. n;h nd and hinging means from ones home or car to ghe;location where it is to be utilized.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a folding portable seat having adjustable side brace means permitting the seat and back members to be folded to -a parallel position, or to'be opened .up andheld t o a desired angle to each other, the angle being approximately a right angle, which angle is adjustable by merely adjusting the flexible brace members limiting the opening of the seat member relative to the back member.

A further object of this invention is to provide a portable folding seat wherein the back rest member is secured by an improved hinging means with its edge in abutting relation on top of the seat member adjacent its hinging edge.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a readily portable folding seat which can be used time and again, and which when not in use will occupy a minimum of space with the back rest member folded into substantially parallelrelationship with the seat member.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, claimed, and disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the readily portable seat member of this invention as viewed from above.

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view as viewed from the bottom.

Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of the back rest member and seat rest member before assembling.

Fig. 4 is a side edge view of the portable seat illustrating the adjustability of the angle of the back rest member to the seat member.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the portable seat of this invention being carried by means of the handle and hinge means.

There is shown at the readily portable folding seat 2 of this invention. The seat 10 is made up of a seat member 11, a back rest member 12, adjustable cord brace means 14, limiting the angle to which the back rest may be set relative to the seat member as shown in Fig. .4, and a combination handle and hinging cord 15 tyingthe back rest member 12 to the seat rest member 11.

As shown, the back rest memberj12 is provided with one or more holes or apertures 16 located in spaced apart relation adjacent the opposite ends of the hinging edge 17 of the back rest member 12, it being observed that the apertures 16 are fairly close to the hinging edge 17. Adjacent the opposite ends of the hinging edge 18 ofthe ;seat member 11 there is provided one or more pairs of holes 20 and 21, the pairs of holes 20 and 21 being in the same relation to the ends of the hinging edge 18 that the holes or apertures 16 are in relation to the ends of :the hinging edge 17, and the holes at each end of each hinging are in spaced relation to each other. At a minimum, only one hole 16 is necessary adjacent each end and only one pair of holes 24 and 21 are similarly needed adjacent each end, but for convenience and in order to provide a stronger hinge, a plurality of holes 16 such as 3 may be provided at each end of the back rest hinging edge 17, and a corresponding plurality of pairs of holes 20 and 21 are similarly provided adjacent the end of the hinging edge 18 of the seat member 11.

The combination hinge and seat cord '15 is threaded through the spaced apart holes 21 on the bottom of. the seat member 11 then through the back of the spaced apart holes 16 and then down into and through the adjoining aperture 29 of the pair; If only a single ,hole is provided adjacent each end of the back rest hinging edge 17 and seat member hinging edge 18 then the ends of the cords would be tied at this point, but'if a plurality of holes are used such as illustrated, the ends of the cord 15 are next threaded through the next adjacent aperture 21 up over the back and through the next adjacent aperture 16 and down through the adjacent aperture 20 ,of the pair and then again as illustrated, and then the ends of the cord may be pulled through the loops formed at the bottom of the seat member as illustrated in Fig. 2. The ends of the cord may be suitably tied in any convenient'manner, but when the cord is a plastic type of cord of appropriate strength, it has been found that merely extending the ends of the cords through the loops formed in the bottom of the seat member 11 is sufi'icient to provide a tying action and securely hold the cord 15 in position. As thus assembled, the cord 15 provides a combination carrying handle as at 22 extending between the spaced apart apertures for'being readily held in the hand 23, and a seat hinge at each end as at 24. Due to the fact that a pair of holes or a series of pairs of holes are provided in the seat member 11 and only a single hole or series of single holes are provided at 16 in the back rest member 12, the hinging edge 17 of the back rest member 12 when in the operating position as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 is held in abutting relation on the top of the seat member 11 adjacent the hinging edge 18 and between the holes 20 and 21 as clearly apparent in Fig. 4.

Brace means 14 are provided for holding the back rest member 12 at a desired adjustable angle relative to the seat member 11 when in open position. As shown in Fig. 4, the angle of the back rest member 12 to the seat member 11 may be adjusted due to the construction as will now be described. The brace member 14 consists of a cord similar to the cord 15, and it is threaded through and tied through one or more apertures located in the opposite side of both the back rest member 12 and the seat member 11 intermediate their hinging edges 17 and 18 and the edges opposite the hinging edges, these apertures being shown at 24. One end of the brace cord 14 is threaded through J one or more of' the aperturesl24 and'the'cther'end is threaded similarly'throngh the "one or 'morei apertnres 25" (not'shov'vny When three apertures 24 and 25 are 'used as illustrated, the cordl is threaded fromr the, frpnt bf j are seat rhemb er 11 and back restrnember IZthwUgh-the l central faperture then back through one end'aperture r across the'tront. and'd'own throngh the otherend -aperture "for hinging said backrest member with its hingingedge f in abuttingxelation ;to,said seat rest member adjacent" a said seat restmember hinging edge, said hinging means edges ofsaidfbacl: rest member iand of shaken-518mm f i being substantially straightjsaid seat and back rest members being constructed ofhardsheet material, andmeans;

c'cimprising at least one a pe'rture through said' backrest and then passed rrnder the loop formed between'the cen- 7 jti'alapertilre 'andfirst'end aperture used' Where it may e h dr' n t fipn b 'fl t a n o e-l q fi r althoughif desired a' suitable tying knot may be madeat each end of the bracercord 14. When made of theisarne Thi1sifvsiill be seen thatfthere has been provided a and located in parallelilines jextending'ngrmal to said seat? a f "member adjacent eachend'bfisaid hinging edge thereof, 7

at least'one pair of apertilre's throughf'saidseat rest'rnemw ber adjacent each'iend of said hingingedge" thereofijthe apertures pffjeach said' p1aif of apertnres g'throu'ghf said i seat rest member being spaced from eatzhflothe'rv a" distance 7 I at -least -eqnal to the thickness of-said 'back rest member rest member hinging edge, said hinging apertnres in said back rest members adjacent each end of said hingingfedge I i thereof being spaced aisubstantial :distance.,from each other said "pairs'rof 'hingingaperture'sin said seat rest];

1 members adjace'ri'feach end of said "hinging' edgethereof as'shown by theiarrows 2S 'inFig. 4 and'maybe easily 7 plywood, pressed wimnmemea wood," or plastic ma jterialr or any other suitable lightweight yet fairly rigid 7 sheetr'naterial of sufiicient strength, and'aIl the edges of I carried by the hand 23 on the combination hinge and V handle 122 1The;term har dboard, ofjcour se, includes 25' apertures, said cord havingiitsjends threadd-throughgonei being; space'd a sirnilar substantial distancefrom j each other, and a carrying handle and hinge cordextending; a V looselybetween said spaced apart apertures' and pairs-of aperture of eachisaid pair of? apertures in said seat: re's'tfl member; then" through anaperture at- 'e achiendbffthe hinging edge cf thelbacle'restfmember, the'rifthroughjthe "pther aperture ofeach said pair of apertures in 'saidfseat i rest member, an d 'th'en secfired pn itself, and"a}bracefcor d the seat memberlland back-rest member 12 may be sub-' 7 stantially straight except jf or'the' corners whi ch are suitiably rounded oflitol aybid 'havinganyis'harp"projections.

In addition th'e seat member 'll and back rest member? 712 maybe. cut from any'single piecefdf material, 'and mayf v f'becfitaparttasalong theshinging edges tq provideithe two's *Althong'lrth-is' inyentierii'h'a's been described-1n con 7 1 :si derable" detaihjlsuch description is :inter ided17as being 5 illusttatbje rather than limiting, sinceflthe invention may bcvariously embodied; and-l the scope-bfthje invention;

'is-tobe determined as-claimed "Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of invention, what' is claimed is:

' A readily portable folding-seat comprising a seat mem- V 7 V t V D. 134,8lJ6 la man: bet and a back rest member hinged "thereto,'the hinging i P e tur s V -extending above the backzedge of'said'seatrestimernber on 'eachside of the seattid throughr'apertures injrhe adjoining edges of "said seat and 'backqr'est rr'iembers; sa d bracecord aperttires being substantially spaced fr c' rrfsjaicl hinging' edges, whereby; "whendn' seating positid st memb maintained withrits hinging e g r v ember andwh'efiin foldd, pds' i'ti onf'said lo ely Eli-fel'ldin cordbetween saidsiiaeerl oyides a' 'convenient carrying handle a and the ebottoni'edge pf said black rest memberjwhen 2 ,107,880 n-jfwilsd rr I 

